Casing for suppositories



Jan. 18, 1938. J. WADEL CASING FOR SUPPOSITORIES Filed March 27, 1956 JOSEF WADE 1 Peiented Jee. 1s, 193s 2,105,710

UNITED; STATES PATENT oFFlcE Josef Wadel, Hamburg, Germany Application March 27, 1936, Serial No. 71,089 In Germany March 28, 1935 1 Claim. (Cl. 12S-264) This invention relates to a casing for supposition ready for the introduction of the suppositories and the object of the invention is to protory, and vide an improved casing with which it is-possible Figure 3 is a viewshowing the casing on the to introduce the suppository in a hygienic and iinger after the introduction of the suppository.

l clean manner without it being necessary to touch Referring to the drawing, the suppository a 5 the suppository itself. lies in a part b of a tube of rubber which is closed As is well known, suppositories are generally at one end and resembles the nger of a glove. reluctantly employed because, when they are in- The part b is turned back inwards (i. e. partly troduced into the intestine, it is impossible to turned inside out) so as to form a cup which is avoid soiling the lingers of the-person by whom enclosed by the part d of the tube which is notv 10 they are introduced. Further, the suppository turned in. The other end c of the tube is open must be held in thel lingers which is also undeand of suilcient width to allow a ilnger to be insirable from a hygienic point oi view. troduced into the opening.

These disadvantages are obviated by the pres- In use, the suppository together with its casing ent invention, by constructing the casing for the is taken from the box in which it is packed, a 15 suppository in such a manner that it is unnecesfinger is inserted in the opening c and the supsary to touch the suppository in any way, and pository is pushed slightly out of the tube b as there is no possibility of soiling the tlngers when shown in Figure 2. 'Ihe suppository is then init is introduced. This object is attained, in actroduced into the intestinal passage and the cascordance with the invention, by making the ing, beginning with the part d, gradually slips 20 casing in the form of a tube of thin rubber or over the ilnger which has been introduced until the like which is closed at one end and resembles the suppository has been pushed right out oi' the the linger of a glove. The closed end of a tube casing and is introduced deeply into the intesis drawn back inside the tube and the tube is tine. After the introduction the tube or sheath suiii'ciently wide at the open end to allow a iin'ger which now encloses the linger can be stripped oiI g5 to be inserted. Thus not only does the casing by rolling it up from the bottom and can then protect the suppository but also allows it to be be thrown away. Itis thus unnecessary to touch hygienically introduced, since, when the nger the suppository in any way, and there is also no is inserted, the casing gradually slips over the possibility oi soiling the linger.

o linger, so that the suppository is thereby pushed The casing can be made of any suitable elastic so 011i? 0f the Casing. material which is suiliciently thin and is not The present invention, therefore. provides a attacked by the material of the suppository and casing which not only iulls the purpose of a is also sumciently mexpen51ve covering for the suppository but, at the same I c1aim;

u time, enables the suppository to be introduced The combination with a, suppository for inin an umblectionable and hygienic mannen sertion into the body tracts; of an applicator for The casing fumls this twofold object WlthQut protecting said suppository in a hygienic manner its emclency as a casing belng impaired 01 its against outside contact comprising a conically cost being apprecibly increased- The 5111313051- tapered ilexible tube, the base of said tube being a; tory can be taken from its box and introduced entirely open and the opposite end being entirely 4o into the intestine without being touched at all closed and depressed into said tube to form a nd Without any Possibility 0f 80111118 the nel'S- holder for said suppository entirely surrounding A @Onstluctlnal emlwdiment 0f aing, ln the same, said tube having such diameter and accordance with the invention, is illustrated by such length that the finger of .a person may be Way 0f example in the BCCOIDFBBYHS drwln. inserted through said open end to contact the 45 lnwhlch walls of said pocket and push said suppository Figure 1 iS S View lll'tly in millon illustrating entirely therefrom against a normal resistance o! the-casing with the suppository in it. the body tracts.

Figure 2 is a vlewrshowing the casing in posi- JOSEF WADEL 

